Sentence examples for seeks to halt from inspiring English sources

The motion seeks to halt construction plans and begin moving control of prison health care back to the state.

Already weakened by the nuclear antics of Iran and North Korea, the web of treaties and controls that seeks to halt the bomb's spread is starting to unravel.

The treaty, enacted in 1970, seeks to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and foster the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The injunction seeks to halt the shipment of additional nuclear materials through the Irish Sea and the dumping of nuclear waste at a new plant there.

It also seeks to halt the spread of invasive species like quagga and zebra mussels and a newcomer, the Asian carp, which is looming just a canal's length away.

A federal judge in Dallas has ruled that a group of federal immigration agents can proceed with a lawsuit that seeks to halt an Obama administration program granting reprieves from deportation to young illegal immigrants.

But at the same time town officials are seeking to halt any further such developments.

The suit by the patent holder, Dr. Bruce N. Saffran, did not seek to halt sales of the stents.

The suit, in federal district court, did not seek to halt the move itself.

The tribe did bring a lawsuit seeking to halt the project.

Several lawsuits have been filed seeking to halt the detentions or overturn the registration program.